Thu Mar 27 09:21:14 EDT 2008
Replacing the Battery in my iAudio M5
The battery in my iAudio M5 is starting to die. Since it is no longer under
warranty it would cost me about $60 USD plus shipping to have it sent to
Cowon. That's not a crap load of money but I figured I could do this myself.
I mean, how hard is it to replace a battery right? 
I ordered a replacement today and it should be here in a couple of days. Even so, I wanted to know what I was getting into so I did a bit of exploratory surgery on my player. Of course, the battery is in the hardest place to get to. I mean, why make it easy for people to replace the most likely to fail component? Make it hard to do and people are more likely to just buy a new player. Also, it requires a bit of soldering. Not a biggie for me as I'm reasonably handy with the soldering iron, but the Average Joe would scoff at the idea.
In any case, the battery should be here in a couple of days and I'm going to give it a shot. I did some searching for a Do-It-Yourself guide but didn't find one. Maybe I'll post a few pictures if my attempt is successful.
I ordered a replacement today and it should be here in a couple of days. Even so, I wanted to know what I was getting into so I did a bit of exploratory surgery on my player. Of course, the battery is in the hardest place to get to. I mean, why make it easy for people to replace the most likely to fail component? Make it hard to do and people are more likely to just buy a new player. Also, it requires a bit of soldering. Not a biggie for me as I'm reasonably handy with the soldering iron, but the Average Joe would scoff at the idea.
In any case, the battery should be here in a couple of days and I'm going to give it a shot. I did some searching for a Do-It-Yourself guide but didn't find one. Maybe I'll post a few pictures if my attempt is successful.